Lyrics:
HE NEVER LOVED ELVIS AND HE LAUGHED AT JAMES DEANNO LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG CRAZY EIGHTEENA SMALL ROOM IN A SHARE HOUSE IN A SUBURB OF TOWNWAS ONLY TV EXPECTATIONS TOLD HIM LIFE HAD LET HIM DOWNHE DIDN’T DREAM OF MORE THAN A PLACE OF HIS OWNA PRETTY GIRL TO LOVE WHEN HE’S FEELIN’ ALONEIN YOUR TOWNHE REMEMBERS HIS MOTHER AND THE WAY THAT SHE FOUGHTTO KEEP THEM TOGETHER WHEN THEY TOOK LOVE TO COURTAND THE MAN WITH THE BOTTLE THAT HE KNEW AS DADWHO LOVED LIKE ONLY A WOUNDED HEART CANHE REMEMBERS THESE THINGS BUT DOESN’T SHOW THEM AT ALLBOYS DON’T CRY AND FROZEN TEARS DON’T FALL IN YOUR TOWNYEAH THE STREETS OF YOUR TOWN ARE ALIVE WITH THE DREAMSOF ORDINARY PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU AND MESO LIFE’S A SOAP OPERA AND TRUE LOVE’S JUST A DREAMTHE SILENCE IS DEAFENING BUT THE SIRENS STILL SCREAMIF YOU’RE LUCKY YOU CAN LOOK OUT AT THE WORLD GOING BYAND SAY THERE BUT FOR THE GOOD GRACE OF GOD GO IBUT IN A SMALL ROOM SOMEWHERE THERE’S STILL SOMEONE’S SONWHO ONCE TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS WHO ONCE WAS LOVEDIN YOUR TOWN